Lead Software Reliability Engineer for Safe Deployments

RE Partners; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 145,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

RE Partners in the United States is seeking an experienced Lead Software Reliability Engineer to drive CI/CD, testing, and safe automated deployments. The role is roughly 70% coding and configuration, with focus on modern DevOps practices and resilient deployments across environments.

The ideal candidate will lead by example, upgrade libraries and runtimes, containerize apps, and implement strong observability and security patterns while collaborating with development teams on rapid release

Qualifications

• Several years of experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) using multiple test frameworks.
• Excellent understanding of automation testing approaches and ability to drive outcomes with AI support.
• Proficiency in JVM languages and/or TypeScript.
• Highest quality coding skills.
• Strong understanding of secure coding practices for critical systems.
• Familiar with multiple CI/CD systems.
• Competent with Docker and Openshift.
• Actively embracing AI coding.
• Experience with build automation tools (Gradle, Maven, npm).
• Competent with Linux (RedHat).
• Spring framework skills are advantageous.
• Ansible skills are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Conduct targeted engagements with development teams for safe, rapid release cadence and vulnerability resolution.
• Wrap applications with a suite of tests, including smoke tests for deploys.
• Source and integrate test data, implement data masking in lower environments.
• Upgrade runtimes (Java, NPM) and containerize applications where feasible.
• Update dependencies to latest major versions; keep systems current.
• Implement continuous library updates using Renovate.
• Introduce best practice source control and branch management.
• Improve code review processes and security patterns.
• Ensure authentication and authorization best practices.
• Simplify and automate deployment processes, including database changes with Liquibase.
• Introduce standard observability patterns.
• Overhaul exception handling and logging.
• Support resilient cross-datacenter deployment topologies.

Skills

TDD frameworks

Automation testing

JVM languages

TypeScript

Secure coding

CI/CD systems

Docker

Openshift

Gradle/Maven/npm

Linux

Spring framework

Ansible

Tools

Docker

Openshift

Gradle

Maven

npm

Ansible

Liquibase

Job description

RE Partners in the United States is seeking an experienced Lead Software Reliability Engineer to drive CI/CD, testing, and safe automated deployments. The role is roughly 70% coding and configuration, with focus on modern DevOps practices and resilient deployments across environments.

The ideal candidate will lead by example, upgrade libraries and runtimes, containerize apps, and implement strong observability and security patterns while collaborating with development teams on rapid release